Activities of Caisson Assembly for Tritium Safety study (CATS) at TPL/JAEA

Kobayashi, Kazuhiro; Hayashi, Takumi; Iwai, Yasunori; Isobe, Kanetsugu; Nakamura, Hirofumi; Kawamura, Yoshinori; Shu, Wataru; Suzuki, Takumi; Yamada, Masayuki; Yamanishi, Toshihiko

Proceedings of 2nd Japan-China Workshop on Blanket and Tritium Technology, p.74 - 78, 2008/05

In order to accumulate the tritium behavior in the future fusion reactor included ITER, intentional tritium release experiments have been carried out using Caisson Assembly for Tritium Safety study (CATS) at Tritium Process Laboratory (TPL) in Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). Main objectives of CATS are (1) to demonstrate the initial tritium behavior in the room and to develop 3D simulation code of tritium behavior in the room. (2) to demonstrate the performance of integrated system for tritium confinement after intentional tritium release accident, (3) to accumulate the data for the detritiation behavior and the interaction between various materials and tritium (tritiated water) in the confinement. The study using CATS has been continued for about 10 yeas in TPL/JAEA.